296 Phaëtusa

296 Phaëtusa
Discovery
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	August 19, 1890
Designations
Named after	Phaethusa
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion	386.835 Gm (2.586 AU)
Perihelion	279.972 Gm (1.871 AU)
Semi-major axis	333.403 Gm (2.229 AU)
Eccentricity	0.16
Orbital period	1215.226 d (3.33 a)
Average orbital speed	19.95 km/s
Mean anomaly	109.085°
Inclination	1.747°
Longitude of ascending node	121.62°
Argument of perihelion	252.171°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	7 - 15 km
Mass	unknown
Mean density	unknown
Surface gravity	unknown
Escape velocity	unknown
Rotation period	unknown
Albedo	unknown
Temperature	unknown
Spectral type	unknown
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.62

296 Phaëtusa is a small Main belt asteroid.^[1] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 19, 1890 in Nice.

References

↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". JPL. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

External links

296 Phaëtusa at the JPL Small-Body Database

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